Ammon Ngakuru
b. 1993, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Ammon Ngakuru
Wednesday, 2020
acrylic, clover flowers on canvas
350 x 400mm
Ammon Ngakuru holds a BVA from Auckland University of Technology and a MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts.
Ammon Ngakuru
Noah's Arc, Elinor Ostrom's Governing the Commons, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
2300 x 4750mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Night (detail), 2022
Oil paint on newspaper
2300 x 4000mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Night, 2022
Oil paint on newspaper
2300x4000mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
400 x 500mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Alphabet Painting (Bone in the Throat), 2022
acrylic on canvas, buttons
350 x 400mm
Recent Solo Exhibitions
- M i s e r e , C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 2 )
- P u m i c e , C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 1 )
- Cutouts, Enjoy, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2020)
- Many Happy Returns (with Nick Austin), Hopkinson Mossman, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2018)
- A Shelter for Amnesic Relatives, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2017)
- Thoughts on Secrecy (with Ruth Ige), RM, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2017)
Ammon Ngakuru
Evergreen, 2021
acrylic on canvas
600 x 700 mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Human, 2022
MDF, permanent marker, coins, acrylic paint
150 x 610 x 440mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Pisces, 2021
acrylic on canvas
250 x 200 mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Misere, 2022
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Ammon Ngakuru
Pumice, 2021
installation view: Coastal Signs, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Readings
Ammon Ngakuru
Untitled, 2020
Artforum, shoebox
130 x 300 x 350mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Misere, 2022
canvas, permanent marker
1800 x 1450mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Oakes, 2020
acrylic on canvas
400 x 450mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Cut-Outs, 2020
installation view: Enjoy, Te Whānganui-a-Tara Wellington
Recent Group Exhibitions
- W i n t e r S k i e s C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 3 )
- The long waves of our ocean National Library of New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2022)
- Uncomfortable Silence, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch (2020)
- The Tomorrow People, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2017)
Ammon Ngakuru
Taylor, 2020
acrylic on canvas
400 x 450mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Lentil, 2020
box, ring-light, cookbook
120 x 500 x 500mm
Ammon Ngakuru
Sunday, 2020
acrylic on canvas
600 x 550 mm